** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Rights group Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND) have launched a new report The Great Debunk: Challenging Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories, which examines how false narratives about Muslims once limited to the far-right fringes have entered mainstream political,...
The Guardian today publishes a column by Philippe Sands QC, a leading international human rights lawyer, in which he explains why he too has quit the Liberal Democrats over the party’s stance on secret courts. Sands explains that Lib Dem support for the Justice and Security Bill is “a...
Matthew Goodwin, of the Extremis project, has a new paper on the English Defence League published by Chatham House, The Roots of Extremism: The English Defence League and the Counter-Jihad Challenge. The paper, drawing on an analysis of survey data by YouGov involving a “random sample of 1,666...
The Birmingham Mail reports on a protest outside Erdington Hall Primary School by a group calling themselves ‘Infidels of Britain’ last week. The school was attended by pupil, Aaron Dugmore, whose family claim “took his life after racist taunts by Asian bullies at school”. The...
BBC News reported on the exhibition, London Veil, featuring hijab-wearers of all colours and styles, which was on display at London’s Festival Hall last Friday and Sunday, 8th and 10th March. As part of the Women of the World Festival at London’s South Bank, the exhibition “[gave]...
Local paper, Surrey Advertiser, reports on the trial of one of the women charged with racially and religiously aggravated criminal damage after racist graffiti, including the words ‘Saddam Hussein’, ‘Osama bin Laden’ and ‘EDL’, were spray painted onto buildings...
Local paper, the Western Gazette, reports on councillor Marjorie Snowden of Sherborne in Dorset, who has been found by the Standards Committee of West Dorset District Council to have breached the code of conduct after equalities trainers alleged she “made remarks which were clearly hostile to...
The Independent today reports on the latest developments in the Chilcot Inquiry with an exclusive claiming that the Inquiry report will present information that “[challenges] previous accounts of what happened” in the UK decision to go to war with Iraq in 2003. Led by Sir John Chilcot,...
President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, features on The Guardian’s front page today concerning news reported in last week’s Mail on Sunday that the Home Secretary, Theresa May, “is set to pull [the UK] out of the discredited European Convention on Human Rights”. The Home Secretary,...
Local paper, the Oxford Times, reports on the decision taken by West Oxfordshire District Council to ‘censor’ comments from a planning meeting agenda discussing the Chipping Norton mosque planning application. Campaigners claim the council is setting ‘a dangerous precedent’ in blocking the...
The Guardian front page story today reports on the letter from Libyan national, Abdel Hakim Belhadj, to David Cameron agreeing to settle his lawsuit against the Government for alleged complicity in the torture and rendition of him and his wife for £3 and an official apology. According to the...
